Find Your Happy Place Card by Samantha VanArnhem

Find your Happy Place!

Newton is definitely finding his happy place among the flowers on this adorable card by Samantha! 

To create this fun floral frame she used the big square image from our Floral Fringe Stamp Set. She added some light colors onto some of the flowers to give a soft pop of color and then cut the image out using the Frames Squared Die Set. She also cut a center circle out of the image using the same die set. 

Then, she stamped the kitty from our new Newton's 4th of July Stamp Set, but since she's only showing his face, you could really use almost any kitty set from our Newton Category. She colored the kitty with adorable gray stripes and cut the image out using the coordinating Newton's 4th of July Die Set. She placed the image inside the circle so just the kitty face pop up behind the flowers! How adorable! 

To finish her card, she added the "find your happy place" sentiment from the Newton's Birdhouse Stamp Set over the kitties head and mounted it onto a square card base. 

This card is sure to brighten someone's day!

Thanks, Sam, for the inspiration today! To say hello to her and see more of her beautiful creations you can visit Samantha over on her blog, Sam Van Designs!

Shell-ebrate Card by Farhana Sarker

Shell-ebrate!

Today we are sharing a fun under the sea card by Farhana! This adorable card would be perfect for a birthday or to celebrate any event this summer! 

She created a fun seashell background featuring our new Seashell Roundabout Stamp Set. She took the big circle image and embossed it in white and added blue ink over the top. Then she cut it into a square. What a great way to get more milage out of the circular image. 

For the rest of the card, she features products from our Retiring Products category! That cute Narwhal and all the colorful fish are from our retiring Narly Mermaids Stamp Set. She used the coordinating  Narly Mermaids Die Set to cut them out (also retiring). Then, for that fun subtle texture in the background she used our Tropical Fish Stencil, dry embossing it by passing it through a die cutting machine. 

She added the sentiment "Shell-ebrate" from the new Seashell Roundabout Stamp Set to finish the scene. 

Here is a close up image so you can see details:

What a fun and unique way to create a card to celebrate a birthday or any other fun occasion! 

Note: The Narly Mermaids Stamp Set,  Narly Mermaids Die Set and Tropical Fish Stencil are part of our retiring sale and will only be available while supplies last so if you like these designs, make sure you get it while you can and don't forget to see what else is retiring in our retiring sale category!

We hope that you enjoyed this beautiful card by Farhana! You can find more of Farhana's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Everyday Engineered.

Always On My Mind Card by June Guest Designer Melissa Andrew

Hi ya everyone! Melissa here to share my last card as a Newton’s Nook guest!  I had so much fun creating with these adorable stamps, dies and stencils. Today is no exception as I used the Naughty Newton Stamp Set, Newton’s Birdbath Stamp Set, and the Clouds Stencil.

First, I stamped little Naughty Newton and his flower pots in alcohol marker safe ink. Next, I masked him off and stamped Newton playing in a birdbath over top.  The mask prevents the lines from stamping on the image in the front.

I then colored the image in alcohol markers.  I wanted to also create grass beneath their little feet.  I then cut a piece of paper to an A2 size and used a blending brush and a light blue ink with the Clouds Stencil to create a cloudy sky. I then cut this panel down to a 4 x 5.25 inch panel.

I then used the little butterfly from Newton’s Birdbath to stamp onto the cloud background and cut out the image of the kitty and the birdbath to pop up onto the cloud background.

Last, I colored the butterflies, stamped a sentiment and popped up the kittens with foam tape.  I then adhered the panel to an A2 white card base.

Thank you so much for following me while I was a guest designer here at Newton’s Nook Designs! Make sure to come back for more beautiful projects from the fabulous design team!

-Melissa

You're Super Card by Ellen Haxelmans

You're Super!

Today Ellen has created a fun superhero dog card that is sure to make the recipient feel appreciated!

The super card features the pup from our Dress Up Doxies wearing a superhero cape and mask! Although stamp set has a halloween theme the images in it work great for other types of cards too, like this fun superhero themed teacher card!  She colored the image of the cute pup using copic markers (find full supply list on Ellens blog) and used the coordinating Dress Up Doxies Die Set to cut it out. 

She created a fun city scene by adding some tall buildings from our Newton Dreams of New York Stamp Set (retiring). The sky is filled with fun glittery stars that were added on using our Cascading Stars Stencil. She also addded a hill from black cardstock using our Land Borders Die Set. The whole scene is inside a circle that was created with our Circle Frames Die Set.

She also added a bit of personalization to the inside of the card to make it teacher themed. She added an award ribbon from our Terrific Terriers Stamp Set and a sentiment from our Classy Teachers Stamp Set

Note: The Newton Dreams of New York Stamp Set and Terrific Terriers Stamp Set are part of our retiring sale and will only be available while supplies last so if you like these designs, make sure you get it while you can and don't forget to see what else is retiring in our retiring sale category!

We hope you enjoyed this fun project today by Ellen! To see more unique creations by Ellen, you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen!

Trio of Summer Cards by Samantha Mann

Hello Summer!

This trio of gorgeous cards by Samantha are perfect for celebrating summer! 

To create these amazing cards, Samantha created panels of fun sea themed colors using alcohol inks, adding some gold mixatives to the alcohol ink backgrounds to add some shine. Then, on each card front she added an edge of seashells that were added on using our Seashells Stencil along with white texture paste. For the sentiment she chose "Hello Summer" from our new Seashell Roundabout Stamp Set, embossed in white onto banners that were cut out using our Banner Trio Die Set. So pretty!

Here are a couple of close ups so you can see all the amazing details:

What a gorgeous set of cards, yet so quick and easy to create! 

To say hello to Sam and see more of her amazing creations you can visit Sam over on her blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!

Gnome Birthday Card by Amanda Wilcox

Birthday Gnome!

If you're like me, you never have enough birthday cards on hand! Today we are featuring a fun gnome themed birthday by Amanda that would be super fun to add into your birthday card stash! 

For this adorable card, Amanda features the gnome holding a flower from our Gnome Garden Stamp Set. She colored the gnome, along with some extra butterflies and a ladybug and cut the images out using the coordinating  Gnome Garden Die Set. Next she stamped and colored the big bouquet of daffodils from our Daffodils Stamp Set. These pretty blooms look so fun and big when paired with that cute little gnome! She cut the daffodils out with the coordinating Daffodils Die Set.

To make these images into a scene she used some of our favorite die sets. She created a fun blue sky panel using our Frames & Flags Die Set. Then she added grass and a fence using our Land Borders Die Set and Fence Die Set. If you look closely, you can see subtle clouds in the sky that was added on using our Clouds Stencil. A dark blue scalloped edge frames the scene and was also cut out with our Frames & Flags Die Set. The finishing touch is the birthday sentiment from our Gnome Garden Stamp Set, added into the sky. 

This birthday card is sure to make the recipient smile! We hope you are inspired to create some fun gnome themed birthday cards to send out!

To say hello to her and see more of her awesome creations you can visit Amanda over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

Happy 4th of July Card by Maria Russell

Happy 4th of July!

Today we are celebrating the 4th of July with this beautiful card by Maria! 

To create this amazing celebratory scene she stamped and colored two images from our new Newton's 4th of July Stamp Set. She colored the kitties in puppies in neutral colors and added pops of color on their accessories! Don't you just love that teal colored wagon!? The images were cut out using the coordinating Newton's 4th of July Die Set. 

For that incredible background she created a colorful sky using distress inks. Then she stenciled fireworks over the top using a metallic gold paste with our new Fireworks Stencil. The effect is so beautiful! Along the top and bottom she added white stitched edges using our Sea Borders Die Set. The finishing touch is the "Happy 4th of July" sentiment, embossed in white onto a banner that was die cut with our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

What a perfect way to celebrate! To see more beautiful projects by Maria you can visit her over at her blog, Maria Russell Designs and don't forget to subscribe to her YouTube channel too!

Celebrate! 4th of July Card by June Guest Designer Melissa Andrew

Hi ya everyone Melissa here today to share an adorable new release card made with Newton’s 4th of July Stamp Set and the new Fireworks Stencil! Let’s get started!

I wanted simple for today’s card to showcase little Newton on his firecracker from the Newton’s 4th of July Stamp Set. I started by stamping Newton in alcohol safe black ink and then coloring him with reds, blues and grays! I also fussy cut him, but you could use the coordinating Newton's 4th of July Die Set to cut him out much easier!

Next, I wanted to create a watercolor type background. I adhered watercolor paper to a board and used ink sprays to color a paper with reds and blues, adding water to thin out the color and allow it to spread on the paper.

After that panel dried, I cut it to 5.5 inch x 4.25 inch and adhered to an A2 card base. Next, I used the Frames & Flags Die Set to cut out a white piece of paper to place on top. 

The largest die in this set cuts a stitched edge, so I taped off the edge and then used ink in red and blue with the Fireworks Stencil. I wanted a light and airy appearance.

However, this stencil works so fabulous in so many ways!  The ability to ink blend, then move your stencil slightly and add sparkle paste is so fun.  Also, sparkle paste on black paper for a night sky is also so beautiful.  I adore this stencil so much.

I adhered my firework layer to the card base and watercolor panel.  Last I stamped "celebrate" from the Newton’s 4th of July Stamp Set and then popped up little Newton with foam dots for a completed card!

I hope you enjoyed today’s simple creation using new products from Newton’s Nook Designs.  I will be back next Monday for my final card.

- Melissa

June Products Now Available + Blog Hop Winners!

Are you ready to get your paws inky with our new products?

Winners from the blog hop are posted below - scroll down to see if you won!

Our new products are now available at newtonsnookdesigns.com

June Blog Hop Winners!

Thank you to everyone for participating in our blog hop. We really enjoy reading all of your comments! Check out below to see if you won! The blogs and the comments were chosen using random.org.

From Reveal Day 1 - Winner of the Newton's 4th of July Stamp Set from Tina's blog: Marilyn

From Reveal Day 2 - Winner of the Summer Memories Stamp Set from Zsofia's blog: Daria Z

From Reveal Day 3 - Winner of the Kitten Beach Stamp Set from Ellen's blog: Lina Callahan

From Reveal Day 3 - Winner of the Beach Barks Stamp Set from the Newton's Nook Designs's blog: phylliszimm

From Reveal Day 4 - Winner of the BBQ Roundabout Stamp Set from Samantha Mann's blog: Penny

From Reveal Day 4 - Winner of the Seashell Roundabout Stamp Set from Samantha Van Arnhem's blog: Andre M

Congrats to the Winners! Don't forget - you have 7 days from today to to e-mail us at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com with your full name, mailing address and the name of the set you won to claim your prize.

June Reveals Day 4 - Seashell Roundabout and BBQ Roundabout Stamp Sets

Today is our final reveal day for our June Release and we have two more fun designs to share! If you like our Circle Card Front Stamps, you will love these two new additions! Scroll down for details. Plus, we are having a giveaway today, so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

Seashell Roundabout

Celebrate summer days with this 4x6 Stamp Set! This set features one large circle stamp, filled with lovely seashells and and coral and 5 summer themed sentiments. This set is perfectly sized to fit with the scallop edged circle frame on the Circle Frames Die Set and is perfect for creating circle cards or layering a circle onto any card! The sentiments on this set are all sized to fit on the die cut banners from our Banner Trio Die Set. Die sets sold separately.

Seashell Roundabout Stamp Set

• 4x6 photopolymer stamp set
• Includes 6 stamps: 1 image and 5 sentiments
• Works with the Circle Frames and Banner Trio die sets (show above, sold separately)
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, June 18th

BBQ Roundabout

This fun 4x6 BBQ themed design is perfect for invites to summer parties and more! This set features one large circle stamp, filled with BBQ food and accessories and 6 fun cookout themed sentiments. This set is perfectly sized to fit with the scallop edged circle frame on the Circle Frames Die Set and is perfect for creating circle cards or layering a circle onto any card! The sentiments on this set are all sized to fit on the die cut banners from our Banner Trio Die Set. Die sets sold separately.

BBQ Roundabout Stamp Set

• 4x6 photopolymer stamp set
• Includes 7 stamps: 1 image and 6 sentiments
• Works with the Circle Frames and Banner Trio die sets (show above, sold separately)
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, June 18th

Get encircled with summer inspiration from our Design Team!

Check out all the awesome projects below from our Design Team below! Then, make sure to click through to all their blogs for details on their cards - you will find a few extra cards on some of the DT blogs and you might even find a fun video or two along the way! Make sure to comment on all the blogs for a chance to win! Details on the giveaway are at the bottom of today's post.

 Created by Tatiana using the new BBQ Roundabout Stamp Set.

Additional products used: Gingham Stencil, Circle Frames Die Set, Essential Alphabet Die Set

Created by Tina using the new Seashell Roundabout Stamp Set.

Additional products used: Frames & Flags Die Set

 Created by Larissa using the new BBQ Roundabout Stamp Set.

Additional products used: Banner Trio Die Set, Circle Frames Die Set

Created by Ellen using the new Seashell Roundabout Stamp Set.

Additional products used: Banner Trio Die Set, Circle Frames Die Set, Sky Borders Die Set

 Created by Samantha using the new BBQ Roundabout Stamp Set.

Additional products used: Banner Trio Die Set, Circle Frames Die Set, Basketweave Stencil, Mom & Dad Stamp Set

Created by Farhana using the new Seashell Roundabout Stamp Set.

Additional products used: Banner Trio Die Set, Circle Frames Die Set

 Created by Samantha using the new BBQ Roundabout Stamp Set.

Additional products used: Circle Frames Die Set, Hardwood Stencil, Speech Bubbles Die Set, Newton's Thanksgiving Stamp Set

Created by Amanda using the new Seashell Roundabout Stamp Set and Newtons Seashell Stamp Set.

Additional products used: Framework Die Set, Banner Trio Die Set

 Created by Zsofia using the new BBQ Roundabout Stamp Set.

Additional products used: Banner Trio Die Set, Circle Frames Die Set, Mom & Dad Stamp Set

 Created by Maria using the new Seashell Roundabout Stamp Set and Fireworks Stencil.

Additional products used: Banner Trio Die Set, Circle Frames Die Set

Would you like to win the “BBQ Roundabout" or the "Seashell Roundabout" Stamp Set?
We will choose ONE lucky winner for each stamp set!

Here's how to win: Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday June 17th at 9pm ET to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, June 18.  

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs

Ellen Haxelmans

Tina Herbeck

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Zsofia Molnar

Maria Russell

Farhana Sarker

Tatiana Trafimovich

Samantha VanArnhem

Amanda Wilcox